When he arrived at a press conference on Friday, around midday on the eve of the match, Éric Roy laughed when he mentioned those absent for the derby against Rennes. This question about the forces present is traditionally the first asked: “No return, but perhaps additional absentees. Angina, other problems… We're catching everything at the moment,” the Brest coach then ruminated, on his teeth, and without specifying the identity of the players concerned.
Saturday evening, responses were provided in Rennes even though the group was not communicated until 4 p.m. Sick, Romain Faivre had to withdraw, like Pierre Lees-Melou. Hit in the fibula for the first time in Rennes in April 2024, the Brest midfielder only ended up returning to competition in October with Brest… before being injured in the same place in Monaco at the end of November and only playing again around ten games. minutes on Wednesday, against Nantes in the Coupe de France.
“No fracture”, according to Roy
But Lees-Melou is not out of the woods yet. On Friday, Roy was annoyed because during morning training, his midfield metronome had taken a hit on the calf with another player, on the leg that has been bothering him for nine months now. Questioned after the victory won in Rennes on Saturday, the Finistère coach explained that the impact “made things resonate in his consolidation phase.
-It caused him pain again.” What’s next for “PLM” now? “The first examinations did not show anything very serious, nor a fracture,” assures Roy. But at the same time, we will have to see how his pain evolves. We will review again on Monday. We'll see if that forces him to stop for a few days, a week, or more… We're sad for him because he really had good feelings.”
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